Adam's song writing...

MisterCosmicc wrote:

Adam spends his touring days singing songs by other people... what can be so bad about Warner Brothers that Adam left the label? I imagine he was kicked off... but why? "Oh, I wanted to write songs alone..." That can't be it. An 80's album idea come up again? I'm sure Warner Brothers were like, "Hey, let's sign Adam up... we can have him do an 80's cover album featuring a ton of songs from other labels, it'll bring us in... mediocre money." That wasn't it, and it'd of been brought up before he even signed his name. He was dropped, for what reasons, I don't know. Maybe they asked him to perform some rock 'n' roll. Maybe it was his Queen commitment and he didn't want to ditch the piggy bank.

Like I said no way to know, I'm sure at some future point when it's all settled he'll spill, he did last time. They were aware of the Queen commitment when he signed with them so I doubt that's it either. Maybe they weren't on board with the type of music he's choosing to do, the album he did with them is completely different than his first two, he's said this new one won't be anything like the third one, maybe the direction he's going is something they aren't prepared to support. It's pointless to speculate really, we'll know when we know.

MisterCosmicc wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:

MisterCosmicc wrote:

rockchic65 wrote:

MisterCosmicc wrote:

You keep saying he's not free to release music. Maybe what Adam means by "complications, paperwork, etc" is that... "I can't get on a fucking label, no one wants me!"

The way he's talked about the situation a few times makes it sound that way, the same as the last time when he walked away from RCA. I may be wrong, no way to know, I do know he has one song coming up that's part of the playmobil movie but that's next year. I'm sure whatever the situation he'll work it out, he's still going in the studio so he's obviously intending releasing it at some point.

If a record company released him... he is free to release music. But, it also means... he needs a record label to do so.

Sure he can release music, I suppose. And have sweetcaroline as his publicist, PR person and all that...
Oh wait, she thinks she already is.
I think it will be a while before he realeases and album. Gut feeling.

Me too. It sounds like he's satisfied with Queen anyway. SweetCaroline will always be in the audience ;-) Really, though. Queen is what he finds comfort in, and he's obviously having label problems and needs something to do.

Of course AL is satisfied. He is making more money with Brian and Roger than he ever could with his solo career that way that turned out for him. Pretty easy way for him to get the almighty dollar.
I will say again, he will be in for a shock once Q+AL is over. Won't be so easy for him then.

Iron Butterfly wrote:

Of course AL is satisfied. He is making more money with Brian and Roger than he ever could with his solo career that way that turned out for him. Pretty easy way for him to get the almighty dollar.
I will say again, he will be in for a shock once Q+AL is over. Won't be so easy for him then.

It works both ways, Brian & Roger are getting to play arena's again on a large scale consistently, they've done large festivals and have said they wouldn't be doing it if it weren't for Adam. As they've all pointed out it's a mutually beneficial arrangement.

As to his career afterwards, all the appearances he's been doing, being asked to appear at events, give speeches, the movie part etc say that he'll have no problem after Queen ends. Despite what some people seem to think he gets a lot of credit and interest separate from the Queen thing, it's obvious the way people treat him that they don't see him as some kind of reject that Queen took under their wing, he gets a lot of respect.

rockchic65 wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:

Of course AL is satisfied. He is making more money with Brian and Roger than he ever could with his solo career that way that turned out for him. Pretty easy way for him to get the almighty dollar.
I will say again, he will be in for a shock once Q+AL is over. Won't be so easy for him then.

It works both ways, Brian & Roger are getting to play arena's again on a large scale consistently, they've done large festivals and have said they wouldn't be doing it if it weren't for Adam. As they've all pointed out it's a mutually beneficial arrangement.

As to his career afterwards, all the appearances he's been doing, being asked to appear at events, give speeches, the movie part etc say that he'll have no problem after Queen ends. Despite what some people seem to think he gets a lot of credit and interest separate from the Queen thing, it's obvious the way people treat him that they don't see him as some kind of reject that Queen took under their wing, he gets a lot of respect.

Brian and Roger would be hyping up anyone they toured with. Heck, they said Paul Rodgers was Freddie's favorite singer.
It's hard work beng in the entertainment business, and no doubt in my mind AL does work hard. I do think it will be a shock for him once Q+AL is over. Brian and Roger playng on TwoFux didn't turn that song into a hit.

Iron Butterfly wrote:

Brian and Roger would be hyping up anyone they toured with. Heck, they said Paul Rodgers was Freddie's favorite singer.
It's hard work beng in the entertainment business, and no doubt in my mind AL does work hard. I do think it will be a shock for him once Q+AL is over. Brian and Roger playng on TwoFux didn't turn that song into a hit.

I don't mean what they say about his voice etc. Could they have found someone else to tour with, yeah of course, but they didn't find anyone they wanted to until they met Adam, that's what they mean when they say he's the reason they're doing this, he made them want to. It didn't appear to end well with Paul and there were rumors they had JSS on standby to step in at the last minute on their final tour, maybe that made them wary of giving it a go with someone else. Brian has said they'd only do it if it was fun and they enjoyed being with the person they're touring with and with Adam they have that so I don't see them saying so as hype, it must be nice to work with someone who they feel that comfortable with.

His own music will work or fail on it's own merits, it isn't gonna make a difference that he's toured with Queen but he's got a lot more things he can do besides music so regardless of that he'll get work and he enjoys doing lots of other things. Music's his first love but there's no reason he can't do that on a smaller scale if he chooses and still do other stuff besides, not everyone needs to be a Taylor Swift, there's plenty of bands touring around smaller venues who aren't mainstream.

rockchic65 wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:

Brian and Roger would be hyping up anyone they toured with. Heck, they said Paul Rodgers was Freddie's favorite singer.
It's hard work beng in the entertainment business, and no doubt in my mind AL does work hard. I do think it will be a shock for him once Q+AL is over. Brian and Roger playng on TwoFux didn't turn that song into a hit.

I don't mean what they say about his voice etc. Could they have found someone else to tour with, yeah of course, but they didn't find anyone they wanted to until they met Adam, that's what they mean when they say he's the reason they're doing this, he made them want to. It didn't appear to end well with Paul and there were rumors they had JSS on standby to step in at the last minute on their final tour, maybe that made them wary of giving it a go with someone else. Brian has said they'd only do it if it was fun and they enjoyed being with the person they're touring with and with Adam they have that so I don't see them saying so as hype, it must be nice to work with someone who they feel that comfortable with.

His own music will work or fail on it's own merits, it isn't gonna make a difference that he's toured with Queen but he's got a lot more things he can do besides music so regardless of that he'll get work and he enjoys doing lots of other things. Music's his first love but there's no reason he can't do that on a smaller scale if he chooses and still do other stuff besides, not everyone needs to be a Taylor Swift, there's plenty of bands touring around smaller venues who aren't mainstream.

I'm pretty sure if Lady GaGa sang and toured with Brian and Roger, they would be hyping that up as the best ever, wouldn't be doing it otherwise. All the hype from Brian and Roger bestowed on AL comes across as little false.
I can't help but wonder where AL's heart is. Apparently he had some input in a recent photo shoot, so maybe he going for the 70s vibe look and sound wise? Who knows. The music business is always changing, and AL focusing so much on Q+AL that very likely put his own music career on hold. Of course he will never admit to that.

His own career isn’t on hold.

Iron Butterfly wrote:

I can't help but wonder where AL's heart is. Apparently he had some input in a recent photo shoot, so maybe he going for the 70s vibe look and sound wise? Who knows. The music business is always changing, and AL focusing so much on Q+AL that very likely put his own music career on hold. Of course he will never admit to that.

Well if he has put his music on hold for QAL it's obviously something he's ok with but I'm inclined to believe him since he released his last album in 2015, did a QAL tour and a solo tour that year, carried it on into 2016 then did the festival tour with QAL and also did the judging on X factor Australia in 2016 as well. He seems to be able to juggle everything quite well so I can't see that being the problem.

He has talked about his music having a 70's glam rock vibe so maybe that's why he wanted the hippy thing, then again the long hair hippy look is something he's talked about a few years ago so maybe he just did it on a whim.

rockchic65 wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:

I can't help but wonder where AL's heart is. Apparently he had some input in a recent photo shoot, so maybe he going for the 70s vibe look and sound wise? Who knows. The music business is always changing, and AL focusing so much on Q+AL that very likely put his own music career on hold. Of course he will never admit to that.

Well if he has put his music on hold for QAL it's obviously something he's ok with but I'm inclined to believe him since he released his last album in 2015, did a QAL tour and a solo tour that year, carried it on into 2016 then did the festival tour with QAL and also did the judging on X factor Australia in 2016 as well. He seems to be able to juggle everything quite well so I can't see that being the problem.

He has talked about his music having a 70's glam rock vibe so maybe that's why he wanted the hippy thing, then again the long hair hippy look is something he's talked about a few years ago so maybe he just did it on a whim.

Again, of course he happy with putting his solo career on hold. What else has he done that could pay as much as Q+AL, or draw in the crowds the way Queen's music does?

SweetCaroline wrote:

His own career isn’t on hold.

You are dumb as a bunch of rocks believing that.

Iron Butterfly wrote:

SweetCaroline wrote:

His own career isn’t on hold.

You are dumb as a bunch of rocks believing that.

Why? Because she doesn’t share YOUR opinion? I think I’m dumb as a bunch of rocks as well then.

Better that than angry or bitter. That’s how you come across.

Sealion wrote:

Iron Butterfly wrote:

SweetCaroline wrote:

His own career isn’t on hold.

You are dumb as a bunch of rocks believing that.

Why? Because she doesn’t share YOUR opinion? I think I’m dumb as a bunch of rocks as well then.

Better that than angry or bitter. That’s how you come across.

Nice one *sarcasm*, especially with the fact I had nothing to say against you.

My son is a good PR person for the Freddie biopic movie — telling his friends on Facebook that it is better than the Doors movie.

The Doors were a boring bunch of farts.

I didn't watch the film, but I might. I've got the albums, singles, unreleased recordings, and old concerts. I also some stories from some people behind the scenes that not many people get to hear!